Eden Isle, LA
Eden Isle, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Eden Isle at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 3,655 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eden Isle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Eden Isle's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Eden Isle (52% of 3,655 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 5.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Eden Isle ranks
Eden Isle's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (87th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eden Isle ranks 4,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,575 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 18 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eden Isle
Eden Isle's 87th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Eden Isle's 52% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Eden Isle's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,655 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eden Isle. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eden Isle's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.